The new English language tutorial is up on Gymneo.
Category: Gymnastics
unheralded stars of week 9
Gymnasts from schools outside the top 25 who scored over 9.900
Danielle Mulligan, New Hampshire – Bars, 9.925
Mulligan is currently ranked 12th on UB and is setting herself up as one of those gymnasts who could legitimately get to nationals as an individual.
Breahna Wiczkowski, Temple – Beam, 9.925
New name to learn. Sophomore whose previous high was 9.850 and had broken the 9.8 barrier just three times in her career.
Macey Hilliker, Central Michigan – Floor, 9.950
She’s so the new Rachel Stypinski in this category. After six 9.925s, CMU finally hit a 9.950.
Rachel Stypinski, Kent State – Floor, 9.950
Bailey Abernathy, Minnesota – Floor, 9.950
Briannah Tsang, Penn State – Floor, 9.950
Penn State broke 196 for the first time this season, in the process moving back into the top-36 regional spots. I wonder what changed…
Nicola Deans, Michigan State – Floor 9.950
Kayla Beckler, Kaitlyn Menzione, Sydney Finke, Ball State – Floor 9.925
School record 49.500 on floor.
Krysten Howard, Arizona – Floor, 9.925
Victoria Ortiz, Arizona – Bars, 9.925
Taylor Chan, San Jose State – Floor, 9.925
The freshman is top 50 on floor, following a string of 9.875s with this 9.925.
Team USA for Gymnix
Heart this photo on Instagram.
Katelyn Ohashi – philosopher
Katelyn posted some thoughts on individuality.
Elena Gerasimova – Beam
USA Men’s Jr Spring assignments
University of Calgary International Cup, Calgary, Canada, March 17-18
Cameron Bock, Tustin, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics
Julian Brutchin-Roose, Van Nuys, Calif/Gymnastics Olympica USA
Paul Juda, Deerfield, Ill./Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center
Ian Lasic-Ellis, Dover, Mass./Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy
Alexei Vernyi, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
Shane Wiskus, Spring Park, Minn./Mini-Hops Gymnastics
Coaches: Levon Karakhanyan, Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy and Igor Vernyi, Cypress Academy
International Junior Team Cup, Berlin, Germany, April 7-8
Brandon Briones of Gilbert, Ariz./USA Youth Fitness Center
Asher Hong, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
Josh Karnes, Erie, Pa./Lakettes Gymnastic Academy
Jacob Moore, West Bloomfield, Mich./Twistars USA
Coaches: Jacob Marks, Lakettes Gymnastics, Sergei Pakanich, WOGA Gymnastics
Gymnix this weekend
Best Junior Meet of the Year in Montreal This Weekend
The 2017 International Gymnix takes place this weekend in Montreal, featuring one of the best junior battles in the world with the top young gymnasts from the United States, Russia, Italy, Japan, and Canada expected to attend.
Following a training camp held in February, national team coordinator Valeri Liukin named reigning junior national champion Maile O’Keefe, Emma Malabuyo, Gabby Perea, and Sunisa Lee …
But the hometown favorite will be Canada’s own Ana Padurariu …
nominate your coach to FloSports
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The criteria that each nominee must meet includes:
· Be a coach of high school-age athletes.
· Has a strong presence in their community.
· Continues to enrich their athletes’ lives all-around.
· Has received praise from other coaches and peers.
the race for NCAA’s top 36
The pressure is not on the top 6, it’s on teams close to Regional qualification.
Next week, once we know final maximum RQSs to be achieved after conference championships, I’ll get into the race for the top 36 in more detail, but for now, here’s the group to keep an eye on.
Balance Beam Situation – WEEK 9 RANKINGS, NOTES, RQS UPDATE
